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J. F. MAI-ION.

. GLEANING AND BINDING MACHINE.

No. 266,489.- Patented Oct. 24, 1882.

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JOHN FRANCIS MAHON, OF LONDON, ONTARIO, CANADA.

GLEANING AND BINDING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 266,489, dated October 24, 1882.

Application filed November 25, 1881. No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN F. MAuoN, of London, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Gleaning and Binding Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of my improved gleaning and binding machine. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same; and Fig. 3 is a detailed view, showing the horizontal crank and connecting-rod.

The frame of the machine is supported upon the drive-wheels A and A, and upon the rear wheel, 0.

To the main cross-piece D of the frame of the machine are attached the two side pieces, E E, which extend to the front and rear ofthe said cross-piece.

Near the downwardly-curved forward ends of the side pieces, E E, is supported in suitable brackets or bearings the rod or cross-bar 0, upon which the gathering fingers or teeth b, and the rollers 0, over which the endless elevator-belts it pass, are placed. The top rollers, d, of the elevators h are placed upon the shaft B, which is journaled in the brackets d (1, se-

' cured upon the side pieces, E E, above and slightly in rear of the main crosspiece D, as shown.

Behind the top rollers, d, and forming a part of the main frame, is the binding-table, which is formed of the downwardly-curved plates F F, of sheet metal or other suitable material, the forward ends of which pass over the shaft B and are secured to the cross-piece D, the rear ends being attached to the rear cross-piece, D, of the frame.

Upon the upper side of the side piece, E, is placed the vertical arm or bracket f, which supports the hor-iy'ontal hollow arm {1, which incloses the shaft j, which shaft carries at its outer end the curved binding-arm J, to which is pivoted a compressor-arm, a.

To the shaft B, over which the elevators h it pass, is keyed the pinion t, which is caused to Patented in Canada January 13, 1882, No. 13,969.

revolve continuously by means of the cogwheel 7.", which is secured to and revolves with the main drive-wheel A, whereby the endless elevators are kept continually in motion.

Below the main cross-piece D of the frame is placed therollcr l, underand incontact with which the elevators h it pass, so that when the machine is in motion the elevators will be guided by the said roller I under and out of contact with the main cross piece D, as will be clearly understood from the drawings.

Upon the shaft B is placed the loose sliding clutch-pinion m, which is adapted to be moved upon the shaft by the hand-lever a to engage with the pinion i, so as to revolve therewith, and thus cause the large cog-wheel N, which latter is journaled on a gudgeon formed upon or attached to the bracket 0, secured to the vertical arm f, to revolve for communicating motion to the binding-arm J, which is done through the medium of the connecting-rod p, which connects the lever L of the shaft j eccentrically with the said cog-wheel N, as shown in the drawings.

Upon the arm g, near its outer end, is placed the spool g, upon which the binding wire or cord is to be wound.

To fit the machine for binding, the end ofthe binding wire or cord on the spool g is first to be passed through the eye 0, formed in the end of the curved bindingarni J, and thence down between the central plates, F F, of the bindingtable to the knotting or twisting device, placed under the binding-table in the same vertical plane with the binding-arm, so that when a sufficient amount of grain to form a bundle shall have been elevated by the gatheringtingers I) and the endless elevators h h and deposited upon the bindingt-able,upon setting the binding mechanism in operation by movement of the clutch-pinion m the binding-arm will be forced down, compressing the grain and carrying the binding-cord around the gavel down to the knottingor twisting device, where the loop around the gavel will be secured and the cord or wire cut for releasing the bundle. When the bindingarm shall have been brought back to place again the loose clutch-pinion on will be moved outof engagement with the fast pinion i and cog wheel N by the lever 12; or a spring may be used to throw it out of engagement with the said pinion and cog-wheel when the lever is released to await the gathering of sufficient grain for another bundle, when the operation is to be repeated. The knotting or twisting mechanism may be of any approved construction, and it is put in operation simultaneously with the downward movement of the binding-arm J by means of the rack a, which meshes with the pinion d, the rack being moved forward and backward bymeans ofthe lever j, connecting-rod b, and the horizontal crank 0, which latter receives motion from the pinion a", which meshes with the cogs 8, formed on the sideof'thecog-wheel N, as clearly shown in Fig.3. r

In order that the gathering fingers or teeth may be kept the proper distance from the ground, I provide the rod 0 with the hand-le ver 1?, which is in convenient reach of the driver, as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the draw provided with the pinion lo, the shaft 0, provided with the gathering-fingers b and the rollers c, the elevators h, and the gear-wheel N, of the shaft B, provided with the rollers d, the fast pinion t', and the sliding pinion m, and means for operating said pinion, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the drive-wheel A, provided with the pinion k, and the elevatorshaft B, provided with the fast pinion t and the sliding pinion m, of the upright armf, the bracket 0, the gear-wheel N, the rod 19, the crank-shaft} L, the hollow arm g, and the binding-arm J, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with the drive-wheel A, provided with thepinion 7c, the shaft B, provided with the fast pinion z and the sliding clutch-pinion m, and the gear-wheel N for operating the binding-arm, of the pinion r, the crank c, the connecting-rod b, the lever j. rack d, and pinion d, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN FRANCIS MAI-ION.

\Vitnesses:

ALBERT BEDDOE,

Of the city of London, Canada, Solicitors Clerk. J. W. J. OWENS, I

Of the same place, Law Clerk. 

